Ministry of the Imperial Court

Structure

• Minister of the Court
• Assistant minister
• Ministerial council
• General sections
• * Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty
• ** Altay and Nerchinsk Metallurgical works
• ** Imperial Porcelain Factory
• ** Ekaterinburg granite works
• ** Principality of Lowicz in the Kingdom of Poland
• * Chancery of the Minister
• * Control
• * Cash department
• * Medical inspection
• * General Archives
• Special sections
• * Section of the Marshal of the Court, for the provisioning of the Imperial Court and the arrangement of receptions.
• * Expedition of Ceremonies
• * Chancery of HIM the Empress
• * The clergy of the Court under the direction of the Protopresbyter of the Cathedral of the Imperial Winter Palace and the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow
• * The private library of His Imperial Majesty
• * The Imperial Hermitage and its Museum of Arts
• * The Imperial Academy of Arts
• * The Imperial Archaeological Commission, which supervised all archaeological research in Russia.
• * Direction of the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg and Moscow
• * The Court choristers
• * The Imperial band of Musicians
• * The Imperial Stables
• * The Imperial Hunt
• * The electrotechnical section, superintending the lighting of the palaces etc.
• * Company of Court Grenadiers - instituted for distinguishing and rewarding meritorious soldiers. These grenadiers performed sentinel duty at certain monuments and in the palaces etc.
• Chapter of Imperial and Royal Orders
• Chief department of Appanages